OptoForce successfully closed an investment round with Finext Startup and Day One Capital. The joint investment deal secures a 600,000 Euro funding for the hardware startup and its proprietary product, a multi-dimensional force and pressure sensor.
OptoForce won several Hungarian startup competitions in 2012, such as the the Startup Underground and the Hungarian Innovation Tech Show. Their primary product is a proprietary sensor hardware, that is capable of measuring forces from several directions. Unlike other sensors already available on the market, OptoForce is capable of determining not only the magnitude, but also the direction of the forces applying to it.Read more »
Soo Meta redefines storytelling by turning content from various sources into great-looking video slideshows. The platform allows anyone to create an engaging piece of content within minutes, and also allows producers to add polls and quizzes to their videos.
Soo Meta is a new visual storytelling tool, which enables users to bring together video, text and interactive polls into a single multimedia package. It is the latest product of a Budapest-based online video startup, which has also developed a video curation app called Dragontape. The platform offers a simple drag-and-drop interface to pull in content from across the web into its online workstation, with the ability for users to search for videos, images, and audio. The results is a video slideshow. Take a look at this example.Read more »
Gadget freaks and early adopters should be electrified by the news that the next generation BlueBulb, the one million-color bluetooth light bulb controlled from your mobile device is finally available for a limited time to people who contribute at FundAnything.
In August 2012, the company was the first to announce BuleBulb, the million-color bluetooth light bulb. Since then founder Peter Lakits has invested his own funds to make the new breakthrough in lighting a reality. Now he needs help to start mass production. Read more »
The Pub Summit event series is taking place in 40 countries across 5 continents over the course of 2013, all with a single focus – bring people together and provide them with the opportunity to socialize and grow their networks.
In 2012, the organisers of the Web Summit conference held 50 invite-only meet ups - or what they called it "Pub Summits" - mostly in Europe, in search of the new thing. They met some incredible startups, investors, bloggers, incubators, and invited the most interesting and promising to the Web Summit. 2013 sees the return of the Pub Summits. This year however, it will be hitting 100 cities in every corner of the world to bring together exciting tech communities over a pint. The first Budapest Pub Summit will take place on Thursday, May 23 at thehub.hu.Read more »
The campaign to attract more startups to New York is reaching across international borders. Last night a coalition of private and city organizations introduced a group of 15 startups from Central and Eastern Europe to the New York tech and investor community.
On May 6, a coalition of private and city organizations introduced a group of 15 startups from Europe to the New York tech and investor community. The mission was to build local business connections for these companies and the event organizers say some of these entrepreneurs plan to relocate to the city. The event was part of a New York City Economic Development Corp. program to encourage investment and trade between New York and cities in Eastern and Central Europe. This initiative, called World to NYC, is an attempt to show entrepreneurs from around the globe what the city offers in terms of expansion opportunities.Read more »
